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THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF KANSAS 


By Raymonp C. Moore, Stare Groioaist 


MINERAL RESOURCES BY COUNTIES 


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ANNUAL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN KANSAS 
@® Petroleum 35,446,000 bbls. $115,000,000 ® Gypsum 54,958 bbls. 343,000 
Bi Coal 7,561,947 tons 22,028,142 S Sand and G@ Gravel 761,110 tons 264,073 
x Natural Gas 27,824,641 M. cu.ft. 6,640,781 M Mineral Water 403,862 gals. 75,353 
> Cement 3,083,000 bbls. 4,825,000 Natural Gas Gasoline 5,500,000 gals. 800,000 
© Salt 873,576 bbls. 4,497,247 P Mineral Paints and Pumice 
B Zinc 20,249 tons 4,130,796 Asphalt, sulphuric acid, lime, ete. 2,285,603 
Cc Clays 2,064,520 Artesian or other important -—_—_— 
4a Limestone and 4 Sandstone 561,382 Underground water Total $164,035,997 
O Lead 3,025 tons 520,300 *« Refineries 


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GEOLOGICAL MAP OF KANSAS 


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HE surface rocks of Kansas belong essentially to five main 

geological divisions, the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, 
Permian, Cretaceous, and Tertiary, as shown in this map. {/The 
first, exposed in extreme southeastern Kansas, contains world 
famous lead and zine deposits, and it has recently been shown 
to contain great quantities of oil beneath Kansas. 4/The Pennsyl- 
vanian contains the coal of southeastern Kansas and most of 
the known oil and gas deposits of the State. Excellent cement 
is made from its limestone and shales, brick from its clays, and 
it affords an inexhaustible supply of road materials. {/The 
Permian also has brick, cement, and road materials, but its 
chief mineral resources are salt, and gypsum. Although Butler 


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and Marion counties lie within the outcrop area of Permian 
rocks, the oil in these fields is obtained from the underlying 
Pennsylvanian and Mississippian divisions. {[In the Cretaceous 
area thick brown sandstone and light colored chalk are charac- 
teristic rocks. Here have been found deposits of very high 
grade clays, inexhaustible supplies of artesian water, and beds 
of brown coal and lignite. §/The Tertiary consists of sand 
gravel, and clay, which in places are consolidated to form a hard 
“mortar bed.” Sheet water in the Tertiary gravels is the most 
important underground resource in western Kansas. {The 
geology of Kansas is described in detail in Bulletin 6, Part II, 
which has been issued by the Survey. 


PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 


KANSAS OlL. PRODUCTION 


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ANSAS entered the oil and gas business in 1860. Production 
¥ reached the apparently large total of 4 million barrels in 
1904, but the production of the last five years is several times 
greater than that of the entire first fifty years put together. 
{Two main producing areas have been developed. The first and 
geographically the larger, occupies the belt extending from 
Chautauqua and Montgomery counties northeastward toward 
Kansas City. This is the shallow field territory in which the 
wells range in average depth from 300 to 1500 feet. However, 
the discovery of production at greater depths in part of the 
shallow field indicates that there will be much deep drilling. 


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(/The second producing district includes Butler and Marion 
counties chiefly. Here the depth to the main oil zone is con- 
siderably greater than in the shallow fields. {[It has been found 
that there is a prominent buried ridge or range of granite 
mountains beneath Butler and Marion counties, and extending 
clear across the State. Over this the rock strata are flexed in 
a very elongate anticline. The oil occurs mainly in rocks just 
above and on the flanks of the ridge. Conditions along the 
ridge and throughout the State are described in a bulletin now 
being issude by the Kansas Geological Survey. 


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INVESTIGATIONS OF OIL AND GAS DIVISION— REPORTS PUBLISHED AND IN PREPARATION 


Issued: tauqua Counties, 1921. [Bulletin 7, Geology of the Eldorado 
Bulletin 3, Oil and Gas Resources of Kansas, by Raymond C. Field, about 271 pages( numerous plates and maps. (In co- 
Moore, and Winthrop P. Haynes, 391 pages, 1918, owt of print. operation with the U. S. Geological Survey). 
Bulletin 5, The Elk City Gas Field, by C. W. Boughton, 31 pp. 1920 In preparation: 
Bulletin 6, Oil and Gas Resources of Kansas, by Raymond C. Bull. 6, Pt. III, The Oil and Gas Industry of Kansas. 
Moore, published in parts, 1920-1921. Bull. 6, Pt. IV, Relation of Buried Crystalline Rocks in 
Bull. 6, Pt. I, General Geology of Oil and Gas, 83 pages, 1920. Kansas to Oil and Gas Production. 
Bull. 6, Pt. II, Geology of Kansas, 98 pages, 1920. Bull. 6, Pt. VIII, Oil and Gas Resources of Labette, Chero- 
Bull. 6, Pt. V, Oil and Gas Resources of Allen and Neosho kee, Crawford, Bourbon, Anderson, Linn, Franklin and Miami 
Counties, 22 pages, 1920. Counties. 
Bull. 6, Pt. VI, Oil and Gas Resources of Wilson and Mont- Bull. 6, Pt. IX, Oiland Gas Resources of Northwestern Kan. 
gomery Counties, 32 pages, 1921. Bull. 6, Pt. X, Oil and Gas Resources of Butler County. 
In press: Bull. 6, Pt. XI, Oil and Gas Resources of Central Kansas. 


Bull. 6, Pt. VII, Oil and Gas Resources of Elk and Chau- Bull. 6, Pt. XII, Oil and Gas Resources of Western Kansas. 


COAL, LEAD AND ZINC 


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N terms of total value the coal production of Kansas _ is 

second only to that of petroleum. The chief deposits are lo- 
cated in Cherokee and Crawford counties where there are very 
many mines and strip pits. The mines vary in depth from less 
than 100 feet to 600 or 700 feet and employ the “room and 
pillar” method of mining. In the strip pits, the coal is so near 
the surface that it is possible to strip off the thin covering, 10 
to 85 feet of overlying soil and shale, and mine the coal in an 
open pit. The coal is of excellent quality. [Other important 
coal producing areas where mines have been operated for many 
years, are found in northeastern Kansas and in Osage County. 
The coal mine at the State Penitentiary at Lansing has sup- 
plied State institutions for more than four decades. Altogether, 
some twenty workable coals, ranging in thickness up to 5 feet, 


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are known in Kansas. {|/Deposits of brown coal or lignite, 1 to 3 
feet thick, occur in the Cretaceous in north central Kansas. This 
coal is high in moisture and ash and not as satisfactory as 
bituminous coals of the State. [Lead and zine are found in 
Cherokee County, Kansas, and in the adjoining parts of south- 
western Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. The known 
mineral bearing area in this tri-State district constitutes 
the largest zine producing field in the world. Very rich deposits 
have recently been developed in Kansas and it appears certain 
that the area in Kansas will become one of the most important 
parts of the lead and zine district in future development. Large 
mines and mills are now located in the Waco-Lawton, Crestline, 
Badger-Peacock, and Baxter-Treece districts, Cherokee County, 
Kansas. 


THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 


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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAPPING IN LEAD AND 
ZINC DISTRICT 

The areas in Missouri and Oklahoma have been 

mapped by the Geological Survey of those states. 


[ cooperation with the county commissioners of Cherokee 

County, and with the very cordial support of operators and 
citizens, the Kansas Geological Survey has initiated a detailed 
investigation of the lead and zinc district of southeast Kansas. 
An experienced and able topographic engineer from the U. 8S. 
Geological Survey has been engaged under arrangements with 
Missouri and Oklahoma which permit work, part time in each of 
the three States in proportion to funds available in each. Much 
of this mapping has been completed in Missouri and Oklahoma, 
but Kansas has not finished the important lead and zinc ter- 
ritory which should be mapped. {]However, much proress has 
been made in Kansas in the geological investigation of possible 


® COAL MINES 
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COAL, LEAD AND ZINC MINES IN 
CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES 


developments within the State. Mr. A. C. Terrill, mining geolog- 
ist, former head of the Department of Mining Engineering at 
the University of Kansas, has been for nearly two years 
resident in the district and has aided materially by his studies 
further development of lead and zinc in Kansas. The present 
annual value of Kansas lead and zine production is about 
$4,500,000 but will probably be much larger as new areas in 
Cherokee County fields are developed. {Maps of the Waco- 
Lawton and Blue Mound areas are available for distribution. A 
new survey of the Galena district is nearly completed and a 
preliminary report on the lead and zine deposits of Kansas is in 
preparation. 


CEMENT 


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special survey of cement materials but at the request of State 
officials has made an examination of the possiblity of making 


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EMENT is one of the important mineral resources of 


Kansas, only exceeded in value of total annual production 
by oil, coal and gas. Not only in road building but in the in- 
creasing amount of construction work which will be carried on, 
cement is one of the most valuable structural materials. The 
supply of cement materials in Kansas is inexhaustible. With 
an abundance of fuel and ready means of transportation it 
should be possible at very reasonable cost to supply all parts of 
the State. {/The Kansas Geological Survey has not yet made a 


cement from materials on the State lands at Lansing. The 
limestone and shale are the same strata now being used for 
manufacture of cement at Bonner Springs, and there is an un- 
limited supply of materials here with which the State might 
make its own cement for construction work in buildings and for 


hard surfaced roads. P tg 


SALT AND GYPSUM 


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ANSAS ranks fourth among the States of the Union in 

production of salt, the value of the annual production now 
amounting to more than four million dollars. The salt, which 
occurs in beds having a total thickness of 400 feet in some parts 
of the State, is obtained both by mining and from brine wells. 
The area of the salt deposits and the location of salt plants, one 
of which is reported to be the largest in the United States, are 
shown on the map. Information gathered by the Kansas 
Geological Survey shows that the salt deposits underlie a much 
larger area than was first known and a considerable portion of 
southwestern Kansas is thus shown to have resources of salt. 


The supply is inexhaustible. Not only are the deposits used for 
production of many types of prepared salt, but other industrial 
materials dependent on salt as a base are now manufactured in 
the State. An extensive bulletin describing the salt resources of 
Kansas is now in preparation. {[Gypsum deposits are widely 
distributed in the Permian rocks of Kansas. Inexhaustible sup- 
plies are found in Comanche and Barber counties and com- 
mercial gypsum is manufactured here and in Marshall County. 
The gypsum deposits of Kansas are described in Volume 5 of the 
Survey reports. 


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Reap materials of varying quality are found in almost all 

parts of Kansas. In the east are many beds of hard lime- 
stone, many of them available for base course in concrete road 
construction or various types of macadam roads. There are 
fewer beds which are sufficiently hard and tough for use in the 
upper course of concrete roads. Sand and gravel, available 
either for use in making concrete roads or for various types of 
gravel and sand-clay roads, are widely distributed. Clays for the 
manufacture of paving brick are present in Kansas, {[Since the 
largest element in the cost of road-building and the most im- 
portant element in the permanency of the road is the road ma- 
terial, it is very important in the building of good roads that 
the right materials be used and that they be secured from the 


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nearest available source. In localities where one kind of road 
material is found but where another is lacking and therefore 
very expensive, it may be best to construct a different type of 
road than would be done otherwise. {/The function of the Kansas 
Geological Survey in conjunction with the road materials testing 
laboratory, is to determine in each part of the State the kind of 
road materials present, their quality and quantity. The High- 
way Commission and those charged with the construction of the 
State’s roads will thus have accurate information on which to 
base plans and, as in other States, it may be possible to save 
many millions of dollars in the final cost of road making in the 
State. 


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eribing in detail the road materials in the counties 


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State Road Materials Testing Laboratory at Manhattan and vestigations have been conducted up to the present time and 


the officials of various counties, the Kansas Geological Survey 
has begun the detailed investigation of the quality and quantity 


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CLAYS, STONE WARE, ART WARE CLAYS. POSSIBLE AREA 
FOR ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA, CHEMICAL STONE WARE 
AND ENAMELED BRICK CLAYS. 


INVESTIGATIONS OF CLAY DIVISION 


NOTHER important and inexhaustible mineral resource of 
Kansas is its clay. Though less spectacular than great 
deposits of petroleum or metal, clay is no less useful in modern 
industry, The clays of eastern and central Kansas are now 
used at a number of places in the manufacture of building 
brick, tile, and paving brick. {/The Kansas Geological Survey 
now has available a very well equipped testing laboratory for 
the investigation of the clay resources of the State. It is avail- 
able for the study and testing of the clay resources of any 
county or city in the State and has conducted many investiga- 
tions at the request of various parts of Kansas. By assistance 


to operators of Kansas plants it aims also to aid in the develop- 
ment of the Kansas clay industry. {[Investigations of clays in 
the north central part of the State have shown the existence of 
excellent deposits of undeveloped clays of great value in pottery 
manufacture. A report on these clays is in preparation. Clays 
in eastern Kansas suitable for the manufacture of paving brick 
have been tested and a report on them is being prepared. De- 
tailed tests of clay on State lands at Lansing, conducted by the 
Kansas Geological Survey, show that very good paving brick 
may be manufactured here. 


TOPOGRAPHY 


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HE topographic map of the United States which con- 
stitutes the only final and satisfactory map of the 
country, showing in addition to the usual features of maps the 
character, elevation, and configuration of the land, is being 
prepared by the Federal Government in cooperation with the 
States. These maps are essential for almost all kinds of 
engineering work, in railroad and road construction, drainage 
projects, underground water surveys and as a base for the final 
geological maps of Kansas. [Some of the eastern States, on 
account of appropriations by the State governments, have com- 


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pleted their maps, In Kansas, though much preliminary mapping 
has been completed, the final map has hardly been commenced. 
Since the map is specially necessary at this time, and since the 
funds for this mapping from the Federal government are now 
expended in the States which cooperate in the work, Kansas 
should provide for the gradual completion of its topographic 
map. The preliminary work which has been done will enable 
ready completion of the map and is of great value to the 
State. 


THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
REPORTS AND MAPS 


Fest Annual Report on the Geology of Kansas for 1864, B. 
F. Mudge, 56 pages, 1866.} 

Preliminary Report on the Geological Survey of Kansas, 
G. C. Swallow, 122 pages, 1866.7 

Volume 1.—Reconnaissance Report on General Stratigraphy 
of Eastern Kansas, E. Haworth and others, 319 pages, 1896.7 

Volume 2.—General Geology of Western Kansas, C, S. 
Prosser, W. N. Logan and others, 318 pages, 1897.7 

Volume 3.—Special Report on Coal, E. Haworth and W. R. 
Crane, 347 pages, 1898.7 

Volume 4—Paleontology of the Cretaceous, S. W. Williston 
and W. N. Logan, 594 pages, 1898.+ 

Volume 5,—Special Report on Gypsum and Gypsum Cement 
Plasters, G. P. Grimsley and E. H. S. Bailey, 184 pages, 1899. 

Volume 6—Paleontology—Carboniferous Invertebrates and 
Cretaceous Fishes, J. W. Beede, S. W. Williston and Alban 
Stewart, 516 pages, 1900. 

Volume 7—Special Report on Mineral Waters, E. H. S, 
Bailey, 343 pages, 1902. 

Volume 8.—Special Report on Lead and Zine, W. R. Crane 
and A. F. Rogers, 548 pages, 1904, 

Volume 9.—Special Report on Oil and Gas, E. Haworth, 586 
pages, 1908.7 

Annual Reports, Mineral Resources of Kansas, 1897-1903. 

Bulletin 1—Special Report on Well Waters in Kansas, E. 
Haworth, 110 pages, 1913. 

Bulletin 2.—On Crystalline Rocks in Kansas, E. Haworth, 
33 pages, 1915.7 

Bulletin 3.—Oil and Gas Resources of Kansas, R. C. Moore 
and W. P. Haynes, 391 pages, 1918.7 

Bulletin 4—The Environment of Camp Funston, -R. C. 
Moore, 81 pages, 1918. 

Bulletin 5—Elk City Gas Field, C. W. Boughton, 31 pages, 
1920. 

Bulletin 6.—Part 1—General Geology of Oil and Gas, R. C, 
Moore, 88 pages, 1920. 

Bulletin 6, Part I].—Geology of Kansas, R. C. Moore, 98 
pages, 1920. 

Bulletin 6, Part V—Oil and Gas Resources of Allen and 
Neosho Counties, R. C. Moore and E, E. Elledge, 22 pages, 1920, 

Bulletin 6, Part VI—Oil and Gas Resources of Wilson and 
Montgomery Counties, R. C. Moore and C. W. Boughton, 32 
pages, 1921. 7+ Out of print. 


In Press 
Oil and Gas Resources of Elk and Chautauqua Counties, R. 
C. Moore and C. W. Boughton, about 30 pp. (Bull. 6, Part VII). 
Geology of the Eldorado District, A. E. Fath (1n cooperation 
with the U. 8S. Geological Survey), about 200 pp., (Bull. 7.) 


In Preparation 

Relation of Buried Crystalline Rocks in Kansas to Oil and 
Gas Production. (Bull. 6, Part III). 

The Oil and Gas Industry of Kansas, (Bull. 6, Part IV). 

Oil and Gas Resources of Kansas by Counties (Bull. 6, Parts 
VIII to XII). F 

The Clay Resources of Kansas, P. Teetor (Bull. 8). 

Road Materials of Kansas, in cooperation with State Testing 
Laboratory, (Bull. 9). 

Economic Geology of the Arkansas City District, E. R. 
Elledge (Bull. 10). 


MAPS 

Geological map of Kansas. 

Geological map of eastern Kansas. 

Geological maps of counties: Allen, Anderson, Barber*, 
Bourbon, Cherokee, Clark*, Cloud*, Coffey, Comanche*, Cowley, 
Dickinson, Douglas, Elk, Gove, Greenwood, Labette, Leaven- 
worth, Linn, Lyon, Marshall*, Meade*, Miami, Mitchell*, 
Montgomery, Osage, Ottawa*, Sedgwick*, Shawnee, Washing- 
ton*, Wabaunsee, Wilson, Woodson. 

Oil and Gas maps—Production counties: Anderson, Chau- 
tauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Butler, Dickinson, Douglas, Elk, 
Franklin, Greenwood, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Linn 
Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Osage, Wilson, Woodson. Produc- 
tion, fields: Augusta field, Eldorado field. Structure: Arkan- 
sas City area, Butler County, western, subsurface contour map 
of buried granite, Elk City gas field (Montgomery and Elk 
counties), Florence field, Greenwood County (western), Pea- 
body-Elbing field. 

Base maps (Road materials series, scale 1 meh to 1 mile), 
counties: Cheyenne*, Cloud*, Dickinson, Finney*, Ford, Har- 
vey, Mitchell*, Sedgwick*, Washington*. ; 

Lead and zine maps: Blue Mound district topography, etc.; 
Galena district, topography, etc.; Treece district, underground 
workings*; Waco-Lawton district, topography, etc.; Township 
84 S., R. 24 E., topography, etc.*; Numerous geological sec- 
tions*. * In preparation. 


THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 


THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE 


4 Pete: Kansas Geological Survey is the official depart- 

ment of the State for gathering of information 
concerning the mineral resources and geology of Kan- 
sas and for the distribution of authentic facts which 
will advance knowledge of them and aid in their de- 
velopment. The character and application of its re- 
search are of great variety and of utmost importance 
to the State. [It tests an unnoticed clay of central 
Kansas and finds a material suitable for use in high 
grade pottery manufacture. {It examines the under- 
ground conditions in a Butler County oil field and finds 
where and how the oil occurs so that larger roduction 
may be obtained here and that drilling in other areas 
may be guided. {It discovers the controlling geologic 
conditions which have produced the great oil fields of 
central Kansas and, gathering information from each 
drilling test, indicates for the benefit of operators and 
the public, facts which have been learned and their 
application in the search for more oil and gas. {It 
examines all materials in the vicinity of a road build- 
ing project to ascertain what quality and quantity of 
local stone, sand and gravel may be available, thereby 
contributing largely to saving in costs of construction. 
{It makes a detailed survey of producing and prospec- 
tive lead and zinc territory, gathers records of drill 


tests, and indicates the probability of undeveloped ore 
deposits. {It prepares maps showing the character of 
the topography, surface rocks, underground mineral 
resources, water supplies, etc. {It supplies to other 
State departments reliable data for use in taxation, 
prevention of fresh water pollution, appraisal of oil 
properties for incorporations of companies and for per- 
mission to sell stocks in the State, and in developing 
wisely and conserving the State mineral wealth. {It 
investigates the possibility of finding natural gas on 
State lands for the purpose of fuel in State institutions, 
finds favorable structure and recommends a test by 
drilling. Gas is found. {It tests clay and limestone 
deposits on State lands at Lansing and finds materials 
suitable for the manufacture of paving brick and 
cement, materials needed by the State in construction 
of good roads and building. {/The Federal Government 
and almost every State, maintain efficient Geological 
Surveys. In some States the mineral resources are 
relatively small. Kansas, although commonly re- 
garded as a farming State, is one of the States with 
very important mineral resources. It is not only de- 
sirable but necessary to have in Kansas a “Natural 
Resources Department” fully equal to those maintained 
by neighboring States. 


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